'Brick Kiln Unit Causes Air Pollution' : NGT Directs Kerala SPCB To File Report [Read Order]

The National Green Tribunal has directed the Kerala State Pollution Control Board to file a report after seeing functioning of the brick kiln units and impact of its work on the air quality and the inhabitants nearby in Sree Moolanagaran Parchayat, Kochi. ...

State Cannot Alienate Water Bodies For Industrial Activities Under The Guise Of Providing Alternatives: SC [Read Judgment]

"Allowing such invaluable community resources to be taken over by a few is grossly illegal."

NGT Directs UP Govt. To Pay Rs 10 Crore As Environment Compensation: Read Order To Know Why

The National Green Tribunal has directed State of Uttar Pradesh to pay Rs 10 crore as Environment Compensation, for causing damage to the environment by permitting discharge of untreated sewage, containing toxic Chromium, into 'River Ganga'.. A bench led by Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said "It was not considered that the sewage/effluents had highly toxic Chromium content. Its...

Comply With Recommendations of Joint Committee : NGT Directs Telengana PCB [Read Order]

Principal Bench of National Green Tribunal has directed the Telangana State Pollution Control Board to comply with the recommendations and observations made by a Joint Committee, in respect of few units, which are found to be discharging untreated effluents, adversely affecting the water quality and availability of ground water and drinking water to the inhabitants of...

[Pollution] Violators Of Law Cannot Be Allowed To Have Free Run : NGT [Read Order]

The National Green Tribunal, while directing State Pollution Control Boards and Pollution Control Committees to take meaningful action against Polluters in Industrial areas, said "Violators of law cannot be allowed to have a free run at the core of environment and public health. Inaction by the statutory authorities is at the cost of Rule of Law, which is the mandate of the Constitution and...

How Is Centre Accrediting, Monitoring Labs Which Analyse Air, Water Quality, Asks NGT [Read Order]

As Delhi and other states, near and far, struggle with polluted air and water, the National Green Tribunal has directed the Centre to produce information about accredited laboratories and analysts recognized to furnish report with regard to analysis of air, water and other samples and the monitoring mechanism in place to keep a check on their functioning. A bench headed by NGT...

NGT Take Action Against Violators Who Caused Drying Up Of Lake In Pune [Read Order]

National Green Tribunal has asked Maharashtra Pollution Control Board to assess and recover compensation for violations in law from polluters for allegedly causing drying up of lake at Yewalewadi, Pune, on account of dumping of waste and illegal construction material and ensure remedial steps are taken. A bench led by Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel gave the direction...

Industrial Development Cannot Be Done On The Graves Of Human Being And At Cost Of Air And Water Quality : NGT

Principal bench of National Green Tribunal observed that "Industrial development cannot be done on the graves of human beings and should not be at the cost of "air and water quality", while directing the Haryana government to shorten the period of inspection of polluting factories and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to follow the same in 19 other states, with similar...

Policy For Use of RO Purifiers: If The Order Is Not Complied With, Officials Of MOEF&CC Will Lose Their Salary, Warns NGT [Read Order]

Principal Bench of National Green Tribunal has by way of last chance granted time till December 31, to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, to comply with its order on coming out a policy for use of RO purifiers. The tribunal warned that if the order is not complied, from January 1, 2020, the concerned officer(s) in-charge in MoEF&CC, for carrying out the directions,...

SC To Hear Tomorrow Plea Against Odd-Even Scheme Of Delhi Govt

A plea challenging the Delhi Government's Odd and Even number scheme to reduce the vehicular pollution has been filed before the Supreme Court.Petitioner Sanjjiv Kkumaar, a Noida-based Advocate, mentioned on Thursday the petition before the bench led by Justice SA Bobde, Chief Justice of India designate, for urgent hearing. The bench tagged this petition with other similar pleas and...

'Shocking State Of Affairs That There Are Unpaved Roads/Pits In The National Capital': SC Directs Govt. To Ensure Proper Roads & Waste Management

The court also directed the respective state governments to grant financial assistance of Rs 100 per quintal within seven days to small and marginal farmers for handling crop residue of non-basmati rice to ensure that they do not burn stubble to clean their fields.

Stubble Burning - To Punish Farmers Is Not The Solution; Provide Them Basic Amenities : SC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the governments of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab to grant financial assistance of Rs 100 per quintal within seven days to small and marginal farmers for handling crop residue of non-basmati rice to ensure that they do not burn stubble to clean their fields. The special bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta passed the interim order after...